In the heart of Jordan, there is a cave city captivating ... reaching a height of 45 metres. It is also Petra's most famous temple, and has become emblematic of the city. But the Jordanian city ...

Deep within Jordan’s desolate desert ... In reality, this building, the only example at Petra of a monument not sculpted out of rock, is a large temple. A tetrastyle structure (with four columns ...

Earlier archaeologists considered the Great Temple an unsalvageable ... curious remains of ancient art." Petra has lately fulfilled that prophesy. It is now Jordan's top tourist destination ...

For centuries, members of the B’doul Bedouin tribe lived in the caves around the ancient city of Petra, Jordan. Then, in the 1980s, the government forced the tribe to move in the name of preserving ...

Ad Deir, or the Monastery, is one of Petra's many facades carved out of sandstone in Wadi Musa, Jordan. As visitors enter Petra from the winding gorge known as the Siq, they first behold the ...